Registered Nursing at Oakland University
Every registered nursing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the registered nursing program at Oakland University stacks up to those at other schools.Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and approximately 18,552 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 458 students received a bachelor's degree in registered nursing from Oakland.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Registered Nursing section at the bottom of this page.
Oakland Registered Nursing Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing
Oakland Registered Nursing Rankings
The following rankings from College Factual show how the registered nursing progam at Oakland compares to programs at other colleges and universities.
Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.
Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings
The registered nursing major at Oakland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Registered Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.
Ranking Type | Rank |
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Most Popular Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 38 |
Most Popular Registered Nursing Schools | 66 |
1,386 |
Registered Nursing Student Demographics at Oakland
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at Oakland University.
Oakland Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered nursing at Oakland are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oakland University with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 33 |
Black or African American | 22 |
Hispanic or Latino | 20 |
White | 342 |
International Students | 8 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 33 |
Oakland also has a doctoral program available in registered nursing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.
Related Majors
Careers That Registered Nursing Grads May Go Into
A degree in registered nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Oakland University.
Occupation | Jobs in MI | Average Salary in MI |
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Registered Nurses | 96,680 | $71,330 |
Nursing Instructors and Professors | 1,410 | $81,230 |
References
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- O*NET Online
- Image Credit: By Brian Gingrich under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.